Justin Spitzer


Justin Spitzer is an American television and film writer, producer, and creator whose credits include Scrubs and Courting Alex. He worked as a writing assistant on Queer as Folk and Grounded for Life prior to serving as a writer on The Office for seven years. He is the creator of, and an executive producer on, the NBC sitcom Superstore, having previously served as the series' showrunner for its first three seasons.

Personal life

On November 24, 2007 he married producer and writer Jenna Bans. They have two children Lucy and Phoebe.

Career

Spitzer was an assistant on Grounded for Life, and on fourteen episodes of Queer as Folk. In 2013 he wrote a pilot based on The Money Pit that was put into development by NBC but ultimately never aired. He is the creator, showrunner and executive producer for the NBC sitcom Superstore.
On January 23, 2020, Spitzer wrote a script for the pilot episode of a new NBC comedy American Auto for Kapital Entertainment and Universal Television.

Credits

Producing

YearTitleNotes
2013Holding Patternsexecutive producer

Writing

ShowEpisode TitleSeasonAir DateNotes
Scrubs"My Butterfly"3March 16, 2004
Committed"The Snap Out of it Episode"1February 1, 2005
Courting Alex"Birthday"1March 6, 2006
The Office"Back from Vacation"3January 4, 2007
The Office"Product Recall"3April 26, 2007co-written with Brent Forrester
The Office"Did I Stutter?"4May 1, 2008co-written with Brent Forrester
The Office"Moroccan Christmas"5December 11, 2008
The Office"Michael Scott Paper Company"5April 9, 2009
The Office"Shareholder Meeting"6November 19, 2009
The Office"Body Language"6April 29, 2010
The Office"Costume Contest"7October 28, 2010
The Office"Dwight K. Schrute, Manager"7May 12, 2011
The Office"Garden Party"8October 13, 2011
The Office"Angry Andy"8April 19, 2012
The Money Pit"Pilot"1unaired
Mulaney"Patriot Acts"1November 23, 2014
Superstore"Pilot"1November 30, 2015
Superstore"Shots and Salsa"1November 30, 2015
Superstore"Tornado"2May 4, 2017
Superstore"Grand Re-Opening"3September 28, 2017
Superstore"Town Hall"3May 3, 2018Story credit
Superstore"Employee Appreciation Day"4May 16, 2019

Directing

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